tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65621271446940793372012-02-16T14:01:44.636-04:00Documenting the trials and triumphs of my weight-loss journey.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17174826995929719298noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562127144694079337.post-77220968678202106742011-09-07T13:37:00.003-03:002011-09-07T13:37:54.890-03:00

My NutriSystem food arrived yesterday! I was so excited to see the big box sitting on the porch when I came home. I started the program this morning, and so far, after two meals, the food has been pretty good. I had apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast, which tastes almost exactly like the Quaker instant oatmeal only less sugary. For lunch I had Pasta Parmesan, which I beefed up with some steamed

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I knew I'd lost my motivation. Fallen off the wagon. Jeff's away working out west and I haven't been eating well. Between lack of regular child care (aka Jeff being home, LOL) and the cost of the gym child care (when it wasn't already full by the time I got there with my 3 kids), I ended up never being able to go, and cancelled my membership to avoid wasting the money. What did that amount to?

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I seem to have trouble finding (making?) the time to update this blog. I really need to work on that, because it does help keep my accountable, so it's definitely worth taking the time to do. I do have good news, and bad news, as well as some pretty middle-of-the-road news to share. The boring news is that I haven't lost any weight since my last update... but I haven't gained any, either. I

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I'm feeling really optimistic today. I'm not sure why, since this past week has been pretty pitiful as far as wight loss goes. Corban has been sick and running a fever off and on over the last 4 days, which means I haven't done much of anything besides taking care of him. On the positive side, though, Jeff got a great tax return this year, and I was able to rejoin the gym. I'm so excited about

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I feel like I should be posting "A New Year, A New Me!", just like millions of other people who resolve to lose weight once January 1 rolls around again. The past 9 months or so have been difficult for me, and I badly fell off the weight-loss wagon. Jeff left last June to work out west, and was gone until the end of October. It became practically impossible to get to the gym, since I was home

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So the last couple of weeks have pretty much sucked, as far as losing weight goes. My dislocated shoulder finally feels good enough that I get back to the gym for one day, and then a nasty Norwalk virus attacks my house. First my 4 year old, then my 8 year old, then the 2 year old followed immediately by my husband. Fevers, throwing up, the works. Ugh. Needless to say, I've been tired and

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I've been officially off the wagon for the past couple of weeks due to my dislocated shoulder. It's been almost two weeks and today is the first day I'm even considering going to the gym. Even now I still get some aching kind of pain in the evenings if I push it too much during the day. The thing is, with my inability to exercise came this total loss of motivation for everything. It's like all

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Sometimes it feels like the universe is conspiring to keep me fat. Why is it that whenever I start to really want to lose weight, when I'm really working hard to make it happen, life always seems to start throwing curve balls my way? Somehow, on Friday night I managed to dislocate my shoulder while I was sleeping! Seriously, how does that even happen, right? Ugh. The pain was/is pretty horrible.

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Ugh. I've hit my first plateau, I guess. It's too early for this! I've been stuck at 178lbs for almost 3 weeks now. I've already been eating 100cal less/day than recommended on most calorie calculators, so I know the blame has got to be on the lack of gym time. I need to do something to get in some exercise over the next month or so until I'll have my regular gym time again. I'm finding that with

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So yesterday was the first Saturday of the month, which means it was both my official weekly weigh-in day, and my monthly measurements day. I stepped on the scale in the morning, only to see that it hadn't moved, not one little fraction of a pound. I was so disappointed! I'd been so good this past week, sticking to my plan, staying within my daily calorie limit. I didn't get in the same amount of

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So I'm a Bzz Agent, and am currently involved in a campaign for Danone DanActive yogurt drinks. These little drinks are awesome and have been part of my regular grocery purchases for the last month or so. They come in lots of flavours, but so far I've only been able to find the Strawberry, Blueberry and Pomegranite-Berry flavours. They're all good, but the pom-berry is by far my favourite.

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I weigh myself everyday. It's some sort of compulsion or something. First thing in the morning, before breakfast. It's interesting to see the small fluctuations each day. Usually the numbers move around up and down up to 1.5lbs over the course of a week. I only officially count my weight on Saturday mornings, though. That's when I update my stats here, on 3FC and on my online tickers. The only

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Wooo Hooo! I reached my first mini-goal today! The scale read 179lbs this morning! It's the first time I've seen the 170's on the scale since I was in University when I was 18 years old. It also officially takes me out of the Morbidly Obese BMI category. Who ever thought I'd be excited to be just plain old obese? LOL I also went out last night and bought those Old Navy jeans that are on sale, in

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So a little while back I discovered this great weight loss graphing tool at Fridge Graph. It gives a really awesome visualization of your weight loss goal and where you are in relation to it. I set mine to reach my goal weight of 120lbs by the end of August. I'm not really set on reaching goal by that particular date, but the 5k is on August 8 and I need as much motivation as I can get to lose as

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So I added a new ticker to the bottom of the page, counting down to the Marathon By The Sea 5k run happening on August 8. Eeek! I'm hoping seeing the time get smaller and smaller will help keep me motivated to get in my workouts so that I'm ready for it. I really want to get fit, and I really really don't want to embarass myself! As to my current dilemma: I've been wearing the same two pairs of

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The next two weeks are going to be difficult. There's a small shut down happening at the refinery, so Jeff is going to be working a lot of overtime.... likely straight through the next two weekends at least. So my workout routine is going to be pretty restricted. I'll miss my classes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I won't be able to get to the gym at all on Sunday, and don't know if I'll be able

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So I moved on to Week 3, Day 1 of the Couch-2-5k program today, and man, was it a big step up from week 2! It moved up from 90-second running intervals to 3-minute running intervals. I am SO unfit, it's almost funny. I seriously doubted I could make it through 3 minutes of running, but I pushed through it, and I did it! It was freaking HARD, but I did it.

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.... this is a little embarassing, but.... ...well.... .... my pants keep falling down! LOL! I still can't quite fit in the next size dowm, but I think I'm going to have to buy a belt for the first time ever in my life! Woot!

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Recently I discovered My Virtual Model, a site where you can create... well, I virtual model LOL You can input your height, weight, body shape, etc. Technically it's for trying on virtual clothes, but I used it to create a model of myself at my starting weight of 194lbs and another one of me at my goal weight of 120lbs. And I have to say Wow! what an inspiration it is. I also recently decided

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So after watching upteen episodes of X-Weighted, I've decided I need to set a fitness goal. I'm actually sharing this goal with my best friend Donna (Jeff's cousin). We're planning to run the 5k walk/run at this summer's Marathon By The Sea, in August. I sure have a lot of work to do to be ready for this, but I'm confident I can do it!

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So I've been feeling a bit de-motivated after having a no-loss week followed by a 1/2lb-loss week, since I've been religiously following my diet and working out like a fiend. But today is the first Saturday of the month, which marks one month into this weight loss journey and also my first measurement day since starting. Imagine my shock, after no results on the scale the last two weeks, to

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So today was my official weigh-in day, and I've lost nothing since last week. Nada, zero, zip. Not even a fraction of a pound, the scale is still sitting at the same 186.0 it was last Saturday *sigh*. Other than my one little chocolate slip up earlier this week, I've been SO good. Going to the gym at least every other day and trying to work in some cardio at home on my off days. Tracking my

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Oh my goodness, I have no freaking willpower today! Argh! Breakfast was ok, my usual bowl of cereal (I love cereal, have it every morning!). Lunch, too, was good. Then I had a Fiber1 granola bar, which isn't bad, though I usually try not to snack during the day so that I can save the calories for the evening munchies I can't seem to kick. But then, I had a whole chocolate santa sucker thing. Not

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As of today, I've lost 8lbs! Wahoo! I'm loving this calorie counting much better than Weight Watchers, though I give WW credit for teaching me things like choosing healthier, more filling foods, and how to control my portion sizes. Mostly, right now, I'm just enjoying this little success, this proof that all the work of planning my meals and counting the calories and dragging myself to the gym

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So last week I decided to make a change and switch from counting Weight Watchers points to simply counting calories. So far it's working out great. My big motivation in switching over was trying to eat on a budget. Because I try to keep our grocery bill as low as possible, I make a lot of casseroles and similar meals that are harder to figure out the points. I have a great digital food scale I

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It's been way too long since I posted anything here. Life got in the way, I guess. I totally fell off the diet & exercise wagon, and I guess coming here and posting about how terribly I was doing was just too depressing. Then again, maybe if I'd kept posting anyway, it would have motivated me to get back on track? Huh. Could be, but nothing to be done about it now but move forward, right? So here

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I was sitting on the couch yesterday with the baby sleeping on me, surfing the internet when Oprah came on the tv. I love Oprah. I love her even more after watching yesterday's episode, which kicked off her "Live Your Best Life" week. Much of the show consisted of her sitting in front of a camera and talking about her struggles with her weight and her body image. She showed how the last year's O

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You know, as the weeks go by I'm starting to realize that this journey isn't just about weight loss. It's about finding myself, and learning to love what I find. While watching Oprah today (which I'm going to talk about more in tomorrow's post), she said something that really hit home for me. She said how important it is to put yourself back on your list. So that's my tip for today. Put yourself

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It's another Monday. Another week into this crazy ride. It's been a stressful week, but I woke up this morning feeling energized and ready to face the new day. I went out over the weekend and got a new haircut. It's shorter than I've ever had it cut before, and I'm still getting used to it, but I think I like it. It's much cooler for the summer, at least. Today while the baby was napping, I

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This past week has been crazy, man. Busy, stressful, tiring. This past week has tried my patience and threatened to steal my sanity, but I managed to make it to the weekend. At one point this week, when my kids were driving me batty, I called my husband and whined about how I've been praying for God to give me patience. His reply? "God doesn't give you patience, he makes you work for it" *sigh*

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I want to share something that is very special to me. It's a beautiful piece of writing by a beautiful woman, Maya Angelou. I discovered this poem almost 12 years ago while away at University. I kept a copy tacked up to the mirror in my dorm room where I saw it every day, and I can now recite it by heart. There have been many times when my self-esteem has been lacking, or I feel like I'm failing

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nother Monday (without a scale. I swear I'm such a scatterbrain. I wish it were as easy to forget to eat as it is to forget to buy batteries!)... it's been a pretty good week, overall. My oldest son has Vacation Bible Camp every evening this week, so getting to the gym will be a challenge, but I should be able to get in at least a 1/2 hour between dropping him off at church and picking him up

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I haven't had opportunity to post in a few days. It's just been crazy busy, and the baby's been crazy clingy. I had a pretty decent week, though, as far as the whole diet goes. Again, I have no idea where I am on the weight, as I keep forgetting to pick up batteries for the scale. I think I'm having scale withdrawl, actually. I'll admit that when I'm trying to lose weight I have to fight with

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Our church community was devestated this week by the sudden death of a friend's baby girl, of menengitis. I'm just heartsick for this family, and thoughts of their sweet baby and the grief they're going through right now has occupied my thoughts since we got the news late Tuesday evening. It's made me more aware of my own children, more appreciative of the joys they bring me, more patient with

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I have a really great website to share: Hungry Girl Hungry Girl is an awesome, amazing, motivating and enabling (in a good way, I promise!) site, run by a cool chick named Lisa. She offers a daily newsletter that brings you the latest in new healthy food products, ways to survive the fast food experience without busting the scale and wonderful, yummy alternatives to your favourite not-so-healthy

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It's time. Time to lose the weight. Time to take back control of my body. Time to stop hating the way I look and the way my clothes fit. Time to stop worrying about my health. Time to get fit so that I can enjoy activities with my family. Time to get over my addiction to unhealthy foods. It's just time.I'm starting this blog to give myself accountability, and so that when I reach my goals (and I

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